Directions: It’s easy for us to get stuck in our own minds and own worlds. This causes us to not see the perspectives of others. Take a moment to consider the perspective of the people listed in the following prompt. Choose the perspective of one person for your focus. Write a short paragraph that shows you understand the person’s perspective as you try to put yourself “in their shoes.”

Consider these questions:

What might be this person’s struggles?
How does this person see the world around him or her?
What decisions would you make if you were in this person’s place?
Be sure to use specific examples or textual evidence from the readings, or your own experiences and knowledge.

Prompt:

Perspective 1: Reverend Hale from The Crucible, Act 1, Part 6

Perspective 2: Jo March from Little Women, Chapter 1, Part 1

Perspective 3: Amy March from Little Women, Chapter 1, Part 1

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

answer: yes, ive read this book! now whats the problem ?

explanation: